taxonavigation

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US/ˌtæk.soʊˌnæ.vɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/

noun

The navigation of a directory of species or other taxonomic entities.

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Meanings

nountaxonavigation (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe navigation of a directory of species or other taxonomic entities.

    Taxonavigation in design and architecture, much like the contemporary preoccupation with tagging, labeling, blogging, and wikiing has become integral to praxis and pedagogy.

    2012, Liat Margolis, “Encoding Digital and Analogue Taxonavigation”, in Thomas Schröpfer, editor, Material Design: Informing Architecture by Materiality, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 148
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    A good example for a taxonomy is the Wikispecies project, which aims at creating a directory of species. In the “Taxonavigation” the path in the taxonomy leading to the species is depicted.

    2014, S Arroyo, K Siorpaes, “ONTOLOGIES AND ONTOLOGY LANGUAGES”, in Handbook of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, World Scientific, page 145

    Taxonavigation of microalgae Chlorella vulgaris belongs to Chlorophyta (green algae) […] they were subjected to classification by dividing under main taxonomic groups based on their pigmentation.

    2019 September, G. Panduranga Murthy, Rajesh Kumar, “Optimized production of biodiesel by fresh water algae oils derived from Chlorella wild stuff and performance characteristics of engine system by employing integration of chemical sciences and engineering technologies”, in NISCAIR-CSIR, India

    The taxonavigation section begins with names that link to taxa located immediately up and down in the hierarchy (families, subfamilies, tribes, genera, subgenera, species and subspecies) and helps users to move up and down in the hierarchy.

    2021, Henri M. André, “The Tydeoidea (Ereynetidae, Iolinidae, Triophtydeidae and Tydeidae) - An online database in the Wikispecies platform”, in Acarologia, volume 62, →DOI, archived from the original on 22 Aug 2025, page 5

Origin

From taxo- + navigation. Coined on Wikispecies, which was launched in 2004.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

taxonavigation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taxonavigation

MLA

“taxonavigation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taxonavigation. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “taxonavigation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/taxonavigation.

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